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    Are there real differences between a carom cue and a pool cue

    "Carom Cues are lighter (around 17 oz.)" For LIBRE, maybe, but for 3-cushion (the most popular carom game by far) you'll need at least 18 oz. Mine is 19 oz.
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    spanish translation please

    .- Well, my guess was correct. SOLETA is the CUE TIP. He's using the TIP's diameter as a measure unit (one tip above from the center) Clever..
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    spanish translation please

    .- Cabaña is 3 cushion shot that makes a triangular pattern. There are many types of cabaña and it has many variants depending on the country. Cabaña means CABIN in spanish, cabaña shots resembles the triangular ROOF of a cabin. This is a double cabaña...
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    Starter Cue suggestions

    .- Hello Carom/3 cushion cues are different from pool cues. Carom/3 cushion shafts don't have pool tapers. Carom/3 cushion cues have low deflection, stronger conical constant or near constant tapers (European/Eiffel taper) and are shorter, thicker and rear balanced. This is necessary because 3...
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    anyone have a copy of cannefax charts???

    .- This is EXACTLY the same Diamond System on Willie Hoppe's book "Billiards as it should be played", only that Hoppe does a way better job explaining it and his diagrams are also better.
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    2015 Verhoeven players (as of late May)

    .- WOW!! The best of the best!!
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    help me translate this spanish billiards paragraph

    :smile::smile::smile::smile:
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    help me translate this spanish billiards paragraph

    - EFFECT (and its correspondent literal translation to each language) is the term EVERYONE IN THE WORLD but USA uses when they refer to ENGLISH in cue sports. There are some regional variations (PIQUETE and others) but EFFECT (of course, translated to each language) is the universal recognized...
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    help me translate this spanish billiards paragraph

    . EFECTO, (which literally translates as EFFECT in English) referring to cue sports, is ENGLISH, but just in Spanish. Asian people speaks ASIAN languages (Chinese, Korean, etc), they have absolutely nothing to do with Spanish. And, Flash News, Mexicans are not the only Spanish speakers in...
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    help me translate this spanish billiards paragraph

    "El estribo 15 ctm máximo, para dominar el registro de los efectos, cuanto más lejos este el puente de la bola menor efectividad." .- The bridge has to be 15cm maximum in order to control English better on the cue ball, the longer the bridge the least effective English control is.
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    Starter Cue suggestions

    .- The Kentauros Series is the best bang for the buck among the entire Hanbat line, which is much to say. Laminated shaft with a laminated tip, Uni-loc Radial and EXCELLENT finishing and playability, starting at mere150 Euros. It's a shame they are very hard to come by here in Pool-land. One...
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    Starter Cue suggestions

    .- Hey, hold it! Hanbat is NOT a "El cheapo" brand, (some models are $2,000) Remember, is the brand of choice of most of the top players in Korea. (To have a perspective about Korea's 3C Level, the last 3C World Cup winner was a Korean, and there are 3 Koreans in the TOP TEN) Also some non...
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    the shaft

    How affordable? PM me.
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    the shaft

    Does OB make 3 cushion/Carom shafts?
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    the shaft

    1.- No deflection is impossible. relative lower deflection may exists, although it doesn't necessarily mean an improvement. But ZERO deflection? No way. 2.- What's good for "John Doe" is not necessarily good for "Pete Doe". 3.- Although there are excellent production cues out there, my...
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